Woman’s Hour host Jenni Murray pulls out of Oxford talk after being accused of transphobia

Dame Jenni Murray has pulled out of a talk at Oxford university after LGBTQ+ students claimed that the presence of the Woman’s Hour presenter “compromised the welfare” of transgender students and staff.

The veteran BBC broadcaster had been due to speak on Saturday at an Oxford History Society event, as part of its “Powerful British Women in History” series. She will no longer be attending, due to “personal reasons”.

This week three student groups wrote a joint letter urging organisers to cancel the event, claiming that the presenter’s views “cause tangible harm to vulnerable members of our society”.

It is unclear to what extent their opposition influenced Murray’s decision.

The broadcaster upset trans rights activists last year when she argued in a newspaper article that…

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